thedeadpoint Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 http://www.coinnews.net/2010/07/28/rare-co...rrency-auction/ Pretty cool. I've seen engraving plates and coin dies for sale before. They would make a great addition to a collection. If I ever complete a series goal, I'd love to add a relevant plate or die. Anyone have one in their collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 http://www.coinnews.net/2010/07/28/rare-co...rrency-auction/ Pretty cool. I've seen engraving plates and coin dies for sale before. They would make a great addition to a collection. If I ever complete a series goal, I'd love to add a relevant plate or die. Anyone have one in their collection? No, but now you're making me think I want a set of classic design Jefferson dies to go with my Project when it's completed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Think I posted here before - possible die used to make counterfeit Japanese 1 yen coins: Here's some image that I took while I was in the Royal Australian Mint http://www.gxseries.com/gallery/index.php?...amp;startpic=12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 I have token and medal dies and hubs, but American coin dies are rare. I have a commemorative quarter die sold by the mint (Tennessee quarter struck by the die and the die), but the face is 100% defaced. There are commemorative dies from the LA Olympics (I believe that is the event) that are 80% or so defaced and were sold by the mint. There are older defaced US coin dies in the market place that were partially defaced and sold as scrap. Dies are destroyed today or 100% defaced and sold by the mint as collector items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I have a die, I think from either a cent or nickel, but it is mostly defaced, you can see some minor parts of the design though. I think I bought it maybe 8 years ago on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Other than the dies I made for my tokens...nope. I would love to own a defaced hammer/anvil die set from basically any coin honestly...but enough that I can still use them to make tokens and whatnot...is that considered counterfeiting? Lol. Maybe I'll stick with my own token dies then, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyd Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 I was fortunate enough to get a 1996 Olympic $5 gold reverse die from the mint -- I think I paid $49.50 for it -- since it's not a circulation coin it is NOT ground down but defaced with an X through it -- I posted a pic of it some years ago -- The Numismatist ran an extensive article about those who actually collect them -- I think mine is one of 78 for that particular die. The Lincoln Cent die I have is totally ground down -- not a real exciting thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 Thank you. The 1996 Olympic dies are what I was thinking of in my post earlier in this thread. The article in the Numismatist is quite good and the dies an interesting, albeit extremely rare, collectible as tommyd notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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